Dechlorination of individual congeners in aroclor 1248 as enhanced by chlorobenzoates, chlorophenols, and chlorobenzenes.
Previous investigations showed that three classes of haloaromatic compounds (HACs; chlorobenzoates, chlorophenols, and chlorobenzenes) enhanced the reductive dechlorination of Aroclor 1248, judging from the overall extent of reduction in Cl atoms on the biphenyl. In the present study, we further investigated the kind of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners involved in the enhanced dechlorination by four isomers belonging to each class (2,3-, 2,5-, 2,3,5-, and 2,4,6-chlorobenzoates; 2,3-, 3,4-, 2,5-, and 2,3,6-chlorophenols; and 1,2-, 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and penta-chlorobenzenes). Although the PCB congeners involved in the enhanced dechlorination varied with the HACs, the enhancement primarily involved paradechlorination of the same congeners (2,3,4'-, 2,3,4,2'- plus 2,3,6,4'-, 2,5,3',4'- plus 2,4,5,2',6'-, and 2,3,6,2',4'- chlorobiphenyls), regardless of the HACs. These congeners are known to have low threshold concentrations for dechlorination. To a lesser extent, the enhancement also involved meta dechlorination of certain congeners with high threshold concentrations. There was no or less accumulation of 2,4,4'- and 2,5,4'-chlorobiphenyls as final products under HAC amendment. Although the dechlorination products varied, the accumulation of orthosubstituted congeners, 2-, 2,2'-, and 2,6-chlorobiphenyls, was significantly higher with the HACs, indicating a more complete dechlorination of the highly chlorinated congeners. Therefore, the present results suggest that the enhanced dechlorination under HAC enrichment is carried out through multiple pathways, some of which may be universal, regardless of the kind of HACs, whereas others may be HAC-specific.
Kim
Jongseol
J
Department of Biological Science, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Korea. jkim@ulsan.ac.kr
Cho
Young-Cheol
YC
Frohnhoefer
Robert C
RC
Rhee
G-Yull
GY
D001140:Aroclors / Q000737:chemistry*; D002722:Chlorobenzenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002723:Chlorobenzoates / Q000737:chemistry*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D054879:Halogenation; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000737:chemistry*
D001140:Aroclors; D002722:Chlorobenzenes; D002723:Chlorobenzoates; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; C028617:aroclor 1248; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls